Jinglei Yang Editor

Dr. Yuekuan Zhou is an assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China, and an affiliate assistant professor in the sustainable energy and environment thrust at the university's Function Hub in Nansha, Guangzhou, China. His research aims to develop smart zero-energy and zero-carbon district energy systems for carbon neutrality and climate change mitigation through cleaner power production, energy-efficient system design and operation, innovation in smart energy integration, and multi-objective optimization on nonlinear dynamic behaviors with artificial intelligence. His current research interests include electrochemical batteries, hydrogen and pumped hydro storages in zero-energy buildings, life-cycle carbon-neutral buildings, peer-to-peer energy trading, and inter-city energy migration energy network with hydrogen economy. He has published over 40 papers and serves as a reviewer for several journals. Prof. Jinglei Yang is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). For more than 20 years, he has conducted research in the fields of materials science and mechanics of materials. He has also worked on nano- and micro-encapsulation for a variety of applications, including self-healing materials, thermal regulating materials, and antibacterial and wear-resistant/self-lubricating polymers, FRP composites, fiber-metal laminates, nanocomposites, stimuli-responsive polymers, and mechanics. He has multidisciplinary expertise in a variety of fields, including chemical synthesis, production, thermal analysis, and mechanical characterization. He has developed a novel technique to microencapsulate different chemicals and reagents for multipurpose applications. His most recent accomplishments include being named to the Top 1 percent of international materials scientists from the Stanford-Ranking List for the year 2020 and being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Aeronautical Society in 2021. He is currently in charge of more than 30 team members and has completed or is managing more than 30 projects. Prof. Guoqiang Zhang is a full professor at Hunan University's College of Civil Engineering. He served as the country's representative for the New Century Talents Project, the Ministry of Science and Technology's Innovative Talents Promotion Plan, and the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China's Ten Thousand Talents Plan. Indoor air quality, district energy systems, high quality, and sustainable construction are among his research specialties. Prof. Zhang is president of the Hunan University Institute of Sustainable Urbanization and Construction Innovation, director of the National Center for International Research Collaboration on Building Safety and Environment of China, and founding scientist of the China Construction 4.0-Sustainable Urbanization and Construction Innovation Platform. Peter Lund is Professor in Advanced Energy Systems at Aalto University, Finland. He has about 40 years of experience in energy technology, innovations, systems, and policy. Dr. Lund has worked as a visiting professor at Southeast University, Technical University of Dresden (Germany), and Hubei University (Wuhan) (Nanjing). He served as the chair of the European Commission's Energy Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006. He also serves as the chair of the Energy Steering Panel of the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) and is a participant in the Euro-CASE and European University Association energy platforms (European Council of Applied Sciences Technologies and Engineering). Prof. Lund has provided advice to numerous companies and international energy programs, including the International Energy Agency. He is a member of the Swedish Engineering Academy in Finland and the Editor-Europe of the journal Energy Research and Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment. He regularly gives lectures on energy all over the world and has published more than 500 research publications. He has received several awards from around the world, most recently the Jinling Award in 2016.